Don Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, sold titles of nobility at $10,000 each. With the money he raised, he built an insane asylum. He put this sign in front, "The Vain to the Foolish", George McMillan, a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, was in a dugout in France when a piece of jagged shell casing the size of a silver dollar landed beside him with a sinister whine. He noticed that it bore a number 26750. With nervous fingers, he took out his Air Force identity card. His service number was exactly the same. The shell had his number on it, and he lived to tell the tale. Believe It or Not!
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